In the name of music and quality, from today for a while the season of charts (or, in cases like this one of Carella, guides) of albums by some made in Italy singers will begin. In recent months, we've seen the discography of Ivan Graziani and Vinicio Capossela presented by myself and those of Ivano Fossati and Antonello Venditti presented by @[Alemarcon]. Today, for less than a week, I will tackle that of master Carella, a singer-songwriter considered to be of lower rank but who would not be out of place among the greats. I would say let's start right away with his first album and paradoxically the most unique in his discography: Vocazione. A musically revolutionary album, where rock blends with "pop" creating impossible musical structures accompanied by the lyrics of Pasquale Panella. The piece that best amalgamates these peculiarities is the opening title track, which features some quite interesting textual parts (the hen monsignor, slipping limousine shaves the grass cross with the edges of the piqué) and a crazy and completely absurd musical base. In Vocazione, there are also true evergreen tracks, such as the famous Malamore (which happens to be one of the few Carella songs where the first thing to be born is the text) or the funky Fosse vero. There's also space for a couple of lighter pieces like Ballatetta, where the protagonist is the Roman school that wins in musicality, the magnificent and circus-like L'anima pagliacciona, and a small soft gem called La serietà. To close the circle, the interesting photographic experiment Guarda l'uccellino and the childhood flashbacks in Il sud è un'infanzia sudata crown what can be defined as a unique album where both textually and especially musically the impossible is executed. The album did not achieve great success, but Carella's name began to circulate, and with that, two years later, a great opportunity was given to Carella.
Meticulous rating: 10
The gem: Enzo Carella - Vocazione